Thomas Hill

Services for Thomas F. "Tom" Hill, 73, of Lubbock will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Oakwood Baptist Church with Cleve Haley officiating.

Cremation will be under the direction of Resthaven Funeral Home.

He died Sunday, May 6, 2001.

He was born Aug. 13, 1927, in Harrison, Ark. He married Lola Mae Tucker Maddox on Feb. 14, 1954, in Everton, Mo. He grew up in Harrison and attended the University or Arkansas. He served with the U.S. Army and Coast Guard from 1945 until 1947. He was a teacher and basketball coach for Valley Springs and Alpena, Ark. He became an electrical engineer working at Arkansas Power and Light in Harrison City, Ark., and City Utilities in Springfield, Mo. He worked with the city of Kansas City, Mo., in wastewater and storm water control until retirement in 1995. He was a 32nd degree mason and was a past member of the Kiwanis Club. He was also a member of various square dancing clubs and was presently a member of the Kountry Kuzzin. He was a member of Oakwood Baptist Church and was a member of the Co-Ed Sunday School Class. He was formerly a member of Downtown Bible Class.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Russell Alan of Lubbock; a daughter, Sherry Lynne Maddux-Alberts of Missouri; two brothers, Joe of Harrison and James of Katy; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandson.

The family will receive friends at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the church parlor.

The family suggests memorials to the American Cancer Society for lymphoma research.